Advanced Practitioner

Overview

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Advanced Practitioner

The closing date is 09 October 2025

Summary

We would like to present an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Advanced Practitioner to join a dynamic and expanding team supporting people with symptoms of mild to moderate personality disorder across Northumberland and North Tyneside. This post is a full time permanent opportunity working within the H.O.P.E team; a psychology led service which has been co-developed alongside people with lived experience of mental health services. This post is suitable for registered Nurses, Social Workers or Occupational Therapists who must be registered with the NMC, HCPC or Social Work England.

Working pattern

Working hours are predominantly Mon-Fri 9-5 but you may be required to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service. Based in Blyth, the successful candidate will provide assessments and therapy (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy) through a combination of video calls and face-to-face appointments across community venues in Northumberland and North Tyneside. In addition to this, the successful candidate will be involved in providing specialist training and supervision to a variety of professionals working in primary care settings including GPs, primary care mental health workers and reception staff.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the role involve providing one to one assessments, therapy, group intervention, triage, supervision, and training. You will receive regular supervision and the chance to engage in ongoing continuing professional development. You will work as part of an MDT, alongside a variety of other professionals including a family therapist and consultant clinical psychologist. The successful applicant will be enthusiastic and motivated to make a difference to the lives of people who struggle with emotional and relational problems, often underpinned by trauma.

The post requires that you are an excellent communicator, and have a flexible, adaptive and proactive approach. The role requires a large element of autonomous working and leadership skills and you must be able to demonstrate a strong commitment to the delivery of high quality, safe and effective care.

About us

We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.

If you would welcome the opportunity to become part of a warm, friendly and welcoming team with a great range of skills and experience then this could be the post for you. Here within the HOPE Team, there is a real sense of team spirit, and we are looking to add clinicians with this same positive outlook to our already excellent skill set. As part of this team, you will be encouraged to grow and develop in your role, and to contribute to the development of the service.

Job responsibilities

Please find attached job description for full details.

We welcome your application.

Please do get in touch if you have any questions or would like to come along and meet the team. We would be delighted to meet with you and have a chat over a cuppa.

Person Specification Qualifications

• First Level Registered Nurse RNMH, RMN, RNLD or equivalent first level qualification e.g. Social Worker, OT, Clinical Psychologist, other.
• Degree or equivalent qualification in evidence based treatments relevant to the pathway.
• Experience of working within a community or primary care team.
• Post Registration Qualifications in Psychological Interventions

Experience

• Experience of collaborative working across agencies and professional disciplines.
• Awareness and understanding of professional accountability, standards and other local and national initiatives
• Coordinating and supporting staff in the day to day provision of clinical services
• Demonstrate an in depth understanding and have experience of delivering Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) interventions.
• Ability to work autonomously and within a team
• Experience of Risk Assessment and Risk Management / Safety Planning skills
• Experience of working with service users who experience emotional and relational difficulties
• Teaching/presentation skills
• Clinical Leadership experience
• Experience in working in primary care.

Skills and Competencies

• Skills in working with people with interpersonal/relational difficulties
• Excellent interpersonal skills including negotiation and conflict management
• Evidence of effective organisational skills
• Evidence of Leadership Skills.
• Expert Clinical Supervision Skills
• Evidence of maintaining accurate and contemporaneous record keeping.
• Training in Clinical Supervision
• Experience of establishing and running groups

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust